A lesser-known aspect of Stanley Clarke’s early career in the 1970s is that while he was in the throes of revolutionizing the bass guitar, the Philadelphia native had a solid three-year run as a groove-minded New York City session musician.
“I would do four sessions every day,” said Clarke in the May 2017 issue of Bass Player. “I was paying $35 a month in rent and I'd make that in the first hour of my first session! I remember meeting Billy Cobham on a Campbell's Soup jingle and doing an Avon jingle with Herbie Hancock. It was an amazing time.”
